Be determined to succeed then show up to do the work. #life #succes

Happy Tarzan Day

Good morning, all. Experience the now by not focusing on the past, present, or future. If you’re focusing, you’re distracted. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Respond is not the same as react. #life

Happy Make Your Own Luck Day

Good morning. Get outside. Enjoy the sun before it kills you. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Plan for tomorrow: — I plan on doing things

Time for some music youtu.be/OmiUGNkeJ… #music

Take care of yourself. No one else can. #life

PSA: Just because it’s on YouTube doesn’t mean they’re experts.

“Are you watching cable?” “No, I’m subscribed to this screaming channel.” #writing #throwawayline

Your weekly reminder: It’s Friday. Give it a rest.

I’d rather be a good person than a human.

Chocolate is ok. It’s overrated.

My parents wanted me to be “cultured”—they got me “Classics Illustrated” comics. They were fine. But there was more. A person isn’t yogurt. Culture isn’t’ something to which to aspire.. Let your kids read and define themselves. You haven’t failed as a parent if they aren’t a clone of you. #life

People don’t fear the story, they fear what you may do with it. And if they fear, they are weak and would themselves succumb. The weak fear the weak. #books #reading

If books are banned, then all you are left with is propaganda. If your parent says they are trying to protect you, maybe they are. Maybe they aren’t. Flame on! #books #library #reading

Some days you wish it was Friday. Then, lo and behold, it is. Then you wish it was the weekend.

How To Become a Writer - #writing

How to become a writer: Write. Write some more. When you’ve written, write even more. Don’t worry about editing, unless you want to be an editor. Don’t’ worry about publishing unless you want to be a publisher. Once you’ve written, then you can worry about editing and publishing. First and foremost, …

I’ve made gyoza. I’ve made mandu. I should try another kind of dumpling. I should pull out the cookbook. #food

Just because you can doesn’t mean you’re good at it. #life

There is no shame in failure, unless people are hurt or die. #life

With the writer’s/screenwriter’s strike I guess wer are now in the depts of reruns and dis-reality shows.

I’m playing around with GeometryReader for the first time in SwiftUI. Nested (Geometry readers in subviews) seem to not work as expected. I’m expecing a behavior that doesn’t exist, apparently. #swiftui #geometryreader

Failure is always an option. Sometimes, it’s even mandatory. #life